BIRCH - Download
1) Install the BIRCH framework
The BIRCH framework contains all scripts, datafiles, documentation
files and directories needed for a BIRCH system, except for the binary
executables, which are downloaded separately.
- Make the BIRCH home directory world-readable and world-searchable
eg.
chmod a+rx /home/birch
cd /home/birch
(The BIRCH home directory could be anywhere you choose. It doesn't have
to be /home/birch.)
- Go to BIRCH download page to get the BIRCH
framework file
- Unzip the framework file eg.
gunzip framework.tar.gz
mv framework.tar.gz
/home/birch
- Recreate the BIRCH directory structure eg.
cd /home/birch
tar xvpf framework.tar
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1) The 'p'
option is essential for this tar command to make sure that file
permissions are preserved as in the original directory hierarchy!
2) If you are installing as root, also include the "o" option (ie. tar
xvopf). Normally, tar sets the user and owner of a file to match the
user running tar. However, when the user is root, tar will instead try
to set the user and owner to those from the original tar file. The o
option will force tar to set the user and owner to 'root'.
The BIRCH home directory should look something like this:
{malcolm:/home/birch}ls -l
total 52
drwxr-xr-x 2 birch users 4096 Nov 24 20:00 admin
drwxr-xr-x 28 birch users 4096 Jul 22 11:38 dat
drwxr-xr-x 42 birch users 4096 Nov 17 21:58 doc
drwxr-xr-x 12 birch users 4096 Nov 23 16:02 install
drwx------ 2 birch users 4096 Oct 25 19:43 install-birch
drwxr-xr-x 8 birch users 4096 Oct 25 17:53 java
drwxr-xr-x 13 birch users 4096 Oct 25 18:46 local-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 birch users 4096 Jul 22 2001 manl
drwxr-xr-x 9 birch users 4096 Nov 23 15:47 ncbi
drwxr-xr-x 2 birch users 4096 Nov 22 22:05 PIR
drwxr-xr-x 24 birch users 4096 Nov 9 13:44 public_html
drwxr-xr-x 2 birch users 4096 Nov 23 12:31 script
2) Install the binaries specific for your
operating system
- Go to BIRCH download page to get the appropriate
binary file(s) specific for your operating system
- Unzip the file eg.
gunzip file.tar.gz
- Recreate the bin directory eg.
tar xvpf
bin-solaris-sparc.tar
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1) The 'p'
option is essential for this tar command to make sure that file
permissions are preserved as in the original directory hierarchy!
2) If you are installing as root, also include the "o" option (ie. tar
xvopf). Normally, tar sets the user and owner of a file to match the
user running tar. However, when the user is root, tar will instead try
to set the user and owner to those from the original tar file. The o
option will force tar to set the user and owner to 'root'.
- Move the bin directory to the BIRCH home directory eg.
mv
bin-solaris-sparc /home/birch.
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